Capesize freight market steady despite Lunar New Year holiday

摘要

The Asia-Pacific Capesize freightmarket began the week on a steady noteMonday, although many market participantswere still away for the Lunar New Year holiday."The market is pretty dead so far, but I amseeing some small improvements on the westcoast Australia/China route with some [mining]majors and [ship] operators still there to coverMarch 3, 4, 5 ETA," a source with a ship-ownersaid.